Chila-i-Kalan ends on a freezing note
Srinagar: The forty day long harsh winter period in Kashmir will end today with Cold wave conditions continuing across the region as the mercury stayed several degrees below freezing point across the valley, officials said. Srinagar city – the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – recorded a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius marginally […]
Union Minister reviews progress on Devika Project at Udhampur
Stresses on quality, timely completion of prestigious project
UDHAMPUR: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, Saturday visited District Udhampur to assess the latest progress of ongoing developmental works of Pollution […]
Div Com Jammu reviews minor mining permission process
JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma Saturday reviewed the progress on mining permission cases here at a video conference meeting with all Deputy Commissioners of Jammu division. The meeting was attended by Additional Commissioner Jammu, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Jammu, besides senior functionaries of Geology and Mining Department, Irrigation and Flood Control and other concerned, while all […]
Bollywood FAM delegation assures support to local producers, artists
Visits various locations at Pahalgam for film shooting
SRINAGAR: The Bollywood producers on a FAM trip to Kashmir Saturday held a series of interactions with the local travel and hospitality sector, line producers and artists in Srinagar and Pahalgam and assured them that they would utilise their services in their future films to be shot in Kashmir. Popular film producer Aashish Singh said […]
Govt issues over 6 lakh golden cards of health insurance scheme
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued 6.22 lakh golden cards of the Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY) SEHAT within a month after the launch of the health insurance scheme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said. The scheme, aimed to cover all households in Jammu and Kashmir, was launched by the prime minister on December […]
Introductory Ski Course by Tourism Department begins at Gulmarg
SRINAGAR: The Directorate of Tourism, Kashmir Saturday flagged off the 2nd all girls batch for introductory Ski Course at Gulmarg. The group was flagged of from TRC, Srinagar by Deputy Director, Tourism Administration, Ms Nighat Alam. This is the 2nd girls group of participants drawn from various districts of J&K. One of the girl participants […]